Entertainment - Wednesday, November 19, 2008 12:12 - 1 Comment

Director Spike Jones Breaks Silence On “Where The Wild Things Are”

Visionary director Spike Jonze recently sat down for an extended and revealing chat with “Moriarty” over at Ain’t It Cool News, focusing largely on the progress of his still-delayed, not-for-kids kids movie Where the Wild Things Are. A loose and reportedly creepy adaptation of the Maurice Sendak children’s book, Dave Eggers wrote the film’s script with some contributions from frequent Jonze collaborator Charlie Kaufman.

Going for what he calls an “organic” feel, Jonze opted to not use solely CGI characters for the Wild Things and will combine the digital effects with live action and animatronics. The movie will also feature voice work from James “Tony Soprano” Gandolfini and Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O is contributing the score. The result, according to early reviews of draft versions, is something wholly original and almost frightening—certainly not the children’s blockbuster the studio had in mind. In the interview, Jonze describes filming on a soundstage with the voice actors, likening the set-up to “’70s experimental theatre.” And so we wait. Continue…